STAND. COM. REP. NO. 336

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1277

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1277 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make appropriations to satisfy claims against the State, its officers, and its employees.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General and Department of Transportation.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure serves as a vehicle by which payments of claims against the State are authorized and funded by an appropriation of general funds or moneys from the state highway fund, and that timely passage of this measure will minimize the State's obligation to pay interest that accrues on the claim amounts.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Including, at the request of the Department of the Attorney General, one additional claim that has been resolved and two miscellaneous claims for the reissuance of outdated checks that were misplaced or lost and for which a claim has been filed with the Attorney General in compliance with section 37-77, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1277, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1277, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair